| 词条 | HMHS Rewa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SinkingOn 4 January 1918, Rewa was returning to Britain from Malta with 279 wounded officers aboard. Neutral inspectors from Spain had boarded the ship in Gibraltar to confirm that she had no military function.[2] At 11:15, she was hit by a torpedo {{convert|19|mi|km|abbr=on}} off Hartland Point. The ship took around two hours to sink, allowing all wounded and ship's crew to board lifeboats except for the four engine men who died in the initial explosion.[4][5] AftermathThe sinking of the ship caused outrage in Britain. The German high command denied sinking the ship, instead blaming the explosion on a loose British mine. However, German naval command had declared unrestricted submarine warfare in a desperate effort to win the war. The naval command secretly ordered U-boat captains to sink any Allied ship, including hospital ships, even though it violated Hague Convention X.[5] However, the captain of U-55 Wilhelm Werner—perhaps fearing the consequences of his actions—wrote in the ship's log that he sank a cargo vessel and not a brightly lit and painted hospital ship.[5] After the war, Wilhelm Werner was hunted by Allied command in an effort to charge him for war crimes, but he disappeared, thus avoiding a trial. In 2002, a stone was erected near Hartland Point dedicated to the ship and the people who served and died on her.[5] WreckageThe wreckage lies at 50.55°N 04.49°W, which is located off the west UK coast. It lies in about {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}} of water which makes it difficult for all but the most experienced diver to explore. During the Second World War, the wreckage was often mistaken by British sonar for a German U-boat. To confirm that a U-Boat was not just hiding on the sea bed, Allied ships would drop depth charges, called opening the "tin can".[5] If oil or German bodies floated to the surface then they knew they had destroyed a U-Boat. If nothing floated up then they would move to the next sonar target. This process totally destroyed the wreck of Rewa.[5] See also
References1. ^pg 28 - {{cite book | last = A. J. Tennent| title = British Merchant Ships Sunk by U-boats in World War One|edition= 2006|pages= 258 | publisher = Periscope Publishing Ltd.| isbn=1-904381-36-7}}*REWA 7305 Grt. Blt 1906 {{coord|50|55|N|4|49|W|type:landmark_source:kolossus-dewiki|display=title}}{{January 1918 shipwrecks}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Rewa}}2. ^1 pg 285 - {{cite book | last = R.H. Gibson, Maurice Prendergast| title = The German Submarine War 1914-1918|edition= 2002|pages= 438 | publisher = Periscope Publishing Ltd.| isbn=1-904381-08-1}} 3. ^{{cite web |date= 28 July 1918|url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/07/28/102728284.pdf|title = War of the U-Boats|format =PDF |work = The New York Times| accessdate = 2 August 2009 | last= |quote=}} 4. ^{{cite web |date= 2009 |url = http://www.qaranc.co.uk/hospitalships.php|title = Hospital Ships|format = |publisher = Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps| accessdate = 2 August 2009 | last= |quote=}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web |date= 2006 |url = http://www.deepwreckmysteries.co.uk/episodes.htm|title = Deep Wreck Mysteries - Red Cross Outrage|format = TV Show |publisher = History Television| accessdate = 2 August 2009 | last=Crispin Sadler and Wayne Abbott |quote=}} 6. ^ form. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnotes for a discussion of different citation methods and how to generate footnotes using the: , 10 : World War I shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean|Ships built on the River Clyde|Maritime incidents in 1918|Hospital ships in World War I|Ships sunk by German submarines in World War I|1906 ships|Ships of the British India Steam Navigation Company|Hospital ships of the Royal Navy|Cornish shipwrecks|1918 disasters in the United Kingdom |
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